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James Heintz

Assistant Research Professor

Political Economy Research Institute

418 North Pleasant Street Suite A Amherst, MA 01002 USA

James Heintz holds a Ph.D. from the University of Massachusetts and a Master's degree from the University of Minnesota. He has written on a wide range of economic policy issues, including job creation, global labor standards, egalitarian macroeconomic strategies, and investment behavior. He has worked as an international consultant on projects in Ghana and South Africa, sponsored by the International Labor Organization and the United Nations Development Program, that focus on employment-oriented development policy. He is co-author, with Nancy Folbre, of The Ultimate Field Guide to the U.S. Economy.

From 1996 to 1998, he worked as an economist at the National Labour and Economic Development Institute in Johannesburg, a policy think tank affiliated with the South African labor movement. His current work focuses on global labor standards, employment income, and poverty; employment policies for low- and middle-income countries; and the links between macroeconomic policies and distributive outcomes.

Focus: Development, Economy, Jobs, Poverty, Global

Related Resources:

• The Economic Benefits of Investing in Clean Energy (Policy Library)
• Green Recovery (Policy Library)
• Las Américas en una Encrucijada: Hacia la Reinserción del Trabajo Digno en la Agenda del Desarrollo (Policy Library)
• As Américas em uma Encruzilhada: Repor o Trabalho Decente na Agenda do Desenvolvimento (Policy Library)
• The Americas at a Crossroads: Putting Decent Work Back on the Development Agenda (Policy Library)
• Out of Gear? Economic Policy and Performance in Post-Apartheid South Africa (Policy Library)

Specialization:

Politics

Language Fluency:

English

Last Updated: Sep 22, 2006